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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 586 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  5. 5.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  18. 18.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  32. 32.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. The Jungle Book
  2. 5
  3. Ved Vyasa
  4. Premchand
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. English
  9. 18
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Thiruvalluvar
  13. Rudyard Kipling
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Rabindranath Tagore
  18. True
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. Idgah
  21. animal stories
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Alice in Wonderland
  25. False
  26. Mowgli
  27. Tirukkural
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Tamil
  31. Bengali
  32. Rama
  33. Hindi
  34. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  35. False
  36. the Panchatantra
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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